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1- Objective of document

SAP is the world's leading business management software
supplied by the
SAP company of Germany. It is commercial software. The companies want to use it have to use a big amount of money to buy the copyright. It is really software for large companies.

For the students or companies who want to learn about the
SAP, they can download and install the
SAP trial version, however, trial use time is only about 2 months.

SAP Server Trial versions are restricted and can only be installed on several operating systems. In this post, I will guide you to install the
SAP Server on the
OpenSUSE operating system. The best way is to install an
OpenSUSE virtual machine on the
VirtualBox.

2- Prepare before installation 1

You only need to extract the first file in a directory, following files will automatically be extracted. OK, after finishing extracting, you have a directory as follows:

At this moment, the
SAP-Server installer is being put in the directory in your real computer. But, you need to install it on the
OpenSUSE virtual machine, therefore, you have to share this directory with
OpenSUSE.

Open the
VirtualBox.

Network configuration uses
Bridge Adaptor:

Start the
OpenSUSE.

3- Prepare before installation 2

Proxy Settings:

If your company uses
Proxy, you have configure the
Proxy for the
OpenSUSE, which helps the
OpenSUSE be able to connect to the
Internet. On the contrary, if your company doesn't use the
Proxy you can skip this step.

Setting Proxy for YaST

If your company is using the
Proxy, you need to configure the
Proxy so that
YaST can connect to the
Internet. On the contrary, skip this step.

InstallUUIDD Deamon:

UUIDD provides ways to create non-duplicate character strings, which is necessary for creating database keys to ensure that your
OpenSUSE virtual machine can connect to the
Internet to be able to install the
UUIDD.

After finishing the installation of the
UUIDD, restart your
OpenSUSE virtual machine.

Install Nano editor

Nano is a text editor, which you need to install. OK, still on the
YaST window, search with
"nano" key word:

Start UUIDD Service:

Open the
XTerm window and execute the command to run the
UUIDD ​​​​​​​service:

sudo service uuidd start

Check to ensure that the
UUIDD service has been run successfully.

sudo service --status-all |grep uuidd

You can also check the version of the
libaio or
libaio1 installed in the
Linux system:

rpm -qa | grep libaio

4- Hostname & IP

Next, you need to configure
hostname.
SAP Trial system forces you to name the
hostnamevhcalnpli. Use commands to edit the contents of /etc/hostname file.

Open the
XTerm window and execute the command:

sudo nano /etc/hostname

vhcalnpli

You can check again to ensure that the
hostname has been changed.

sudo cat /etc/hostname

Restart the
Network.

sudo rcnetwork start

Check IP:

Check the
IP address with a command:

sudo ifconfig

Configure /etc/hosts

sudo nano /etc/hosts

192.168.0.107 vhcalnpli.dummy.nodomain.com vhcalnpli

Restart
OpenSUSE. And check the
hostname:

hostname

5- Install SAP

In the previous step, you have shared the
SapSetup directory with the
OpenSUSE. Now, you need to assign
root privileges to this directory.

sudo -i
cd /media/sf_SapSetup
chmod +x install.sh

Execute one of the two following commands to install the
SAP:

Note: If an error occurs during the installation, you are able to implement again from this step.

At this moment, the
SAP installation process still continues, but through an interface.

There are some warnings: let's ensure that your system meets the necessary requirements for installation of the
SAP.

Note: If an warning may display and it says that your system doesn't meet some conditions, Press
"YES" so that the system test again and press
"NO" so that the system skips and continues the installation. Hãy nhấn
"YES". If this warning continues displaying, press
"NO".

The
SAP is being installed....

The
SAP is installed successfully.

6- Configure SAP Server

After finishing the installation of the
SAP, you need to implement some more configurations. Open the
XTerm window and execute the command:

cd /usr/sap/NPL/SYS/profile
sudo nano NPL_D00_vhcalnpli

Add configuration snippet:

icm/host_name_full=$(SAPLOCALHOST).dummy.nodomain

7- Start/Stop SAP Server

By default, the
SAP Server is not automatically started when you start the operating system, so you want to use
SAP Server, you need to start it.

Stop SAP Server

su npladm
stopsap

Start SAP Server

su npladm
startsap all

8- Install SAP GUI

SAP GUI is software for End Users so that they can connect to
SAP Server. Next, you need to install this software: